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Sportech gives a Golf 335 hp and 1,800 watts

Sportech is a South African tuner with a penchant for German cars. Out to build the fastest GTI around, they are currently working on a people's missile called the P Cubed Golf. It will have, among many other things, 335 hp, and is being built to handle just as well as it flies.

Somehow they plan to wring those 335 ponies from the turbocharged 2.0-liter that hauls the GTI, but Sportech hasn't said how they'll do it. If they pull that off, they expect a top speed in excess of 150 mph. And because apparently there isn't much to do when traveling at Mach 0.2, inside the car will be an 1,800-watt Rockford Fosgate system, three 7-inch touchscreens, two tablet PC's for the back seat passengers, wireless Internet, and a DVD screen and 15-inch sub in the trunk. Oh, and the rear bench is swapped out for twin Recaros that match the ones in front.

According to Sportech's Chad Wentzel, the paint job is meant to "make more than a few heads swivel with its dramatic looks." If you happen to be in South Africa on April 27, you can check it out at the Castrol Extreme Show. Mach schnell indeed.

[Source: German Car Blog]

Frase em carro funerário

by Frank Filipponio

You've gotta love a good sense of humor. It takes a special kind of person to purchase an old hearse as daily transportation, but we like it. It's irreverent and offbeat but (morbidly) practical, with lots of cargo space. The "NDERTKR" plates are simply to die for. And that plate frame -- "My day begins when your days end" “Meu dia começa quando seus dias terminam”-- seems divinely inspired. But the coup de grâce here is the single handprint on the INSIDE of the back window. Positively wicked.

Cordão para Celular by Bulgari

Cientistas encontram planeta parecido com a Terra

Cientistas encontram planeta parecido com a Terra
25/04/2007 12:16

Astrônomos europeus encontraram o planeta mais parecido com a Terra fora de nosso sistema solar. De acordo com os astrônomos, a temperatura do planeta poderia muito bem possibilitar o surgimento de vida.

Esta ilustração simula o novo planeta
orbitando a estrela anã Gliese 581

O planeta tem tamanho parecido com a Terra e é um dos primeiros planetas potencialmente habitáveis, sem contar a própria Terra e Marte.

Os astrônomos que anunciaram a descoberta do novo planeta disseram que isto os coloca próximos da resposta para a pergunta: Nós estamos sozinhos?

"É um significante passo no caminho para a possível descoberta de vida no universo", disse o astrônomo Michel Mayor, um dos 11 cientistas europeus da equipe que encontraram o novo corpo celeste. "É uma bela descoberta. Nós ainda temos muitas perguntas".

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Ferrari F430 Bi-Compressor Evoluzione by Novitec

Technical Data:

Performance KW/HP: 482 kW/656 hp / 8.200 U/min

Max. torque: 662NM / 6.100 rpm

Max. boost-pressure: 0.38 bar

0-100 km/h: 3,7 sec.

V max: 348 km/h *in combination with Novitec gear-ratio

Engine:

NOVITEC Bi – compressor with two Rotrex – compressors with separated oil-circuit, modified and enlarged induction tract complete heat-insulated, watercooled intercoolers with additional watercoolers, pumps, reinforced v-ripped belts, injectors, air tract duct in underbody as well as modified ECU’s

Power-optimized exhaust system in stainless steel with 90mm outlets, modified gear ratio

Brakes:

NOVITEC Brembo brake system with 380mm metal discs front and rear and 6-pistons brake callipers at the front and rear axle

Suspension:

KW stainless steel coil over suspension Sport (dual adjustment), Sport stabilisators, complete wheel set NF2 Race, front axle 9.0 x 19 inches with 255/30R19 Pirelli P-Zero Rosso, rear axle 12.5 x 20 inches with 345/25R20 Pirelli P-Zero Rosso

Aerodynamic:

Front bumper Supersport, rear diffuser, rear wing Supersport, skirts for side panels

Others:

Carbon covering for engine compartment, Carbon engine compartment ventilation louvers

Set of rear lights in black, side indicators in black

Interior:

Complete interior leather appointment kit Supersport in two colours Alcantara with Supersport Performance seats, steering wheel Supersport, aluminium pedal set with driver and passenger foot rest